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Thursday Recruitin' Is All About Bones
Brian • April 18, 2019 • 1:40pm

Expect semi-regular basketball recruinting updates until Michigan's roster is set for next year, I guess?

Off the board

Harlond Beverly committed to Miami. The brief burst of optimism about him was evidently unfounded. Akron grad transfer Daniel Utomi, who listed Michigan to Jeff Goodman, is off to USC. He was only vaguely on the board but this is an excuse to talk about this wicked rude photoshop:

Usually the "moving on to other things" photoshops aren't tearing the previous jersey away like so much trash. Especially when Ace points out that USC was all of 26 spots higher on Kenpom than the Zips. The Zips were 8-10 in the MAC. Pac-12!

Priorities

The top of the board right now consists of four guys.

Franz Wagner is obviously the #1 gent. Nah'shon "Bones" Hyland is not only an intriguing combo guard prospect but also an excellent reporter. This is the second story he's inadvertently broken:

Hyland told TMI that Beilein wasn't expected to be on the trip.

"No, Beilein will be in Germany I believe," Hyland told TMI when asked whether Beilein will be visiting him this coming week.

Wagner still has a month left in his season with Alba Berlin and was planning to make a decision about his future over the summer. That timeline might get accelerated if Michigan has to make a decisions about birds in hand versus those in Germany.

FWIW, I was talking to Sam at WTKA today and he mentioned that Moe and his parents are in favor of Michigan. With Moe on an NBA contract whatever financial incentives Alba Berlin can offer might be of lesser magnitude than they might otherwise be.

[After THE JUMP: more Bones]

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